This time it is actually true! War on Religion

The follow-up  to It's All True! War On Religion!
This time the letter contains actual truth.

Last week in the Readers Forum section of this paper a letter was published under the headline "Well Done". The letter decried the Obama administration's "war on religion" and extolled the work done on our behalf by our representatives in Congress; Pat Roberts, Jerry Moran and Tim Huelskamp. I trust that most of the readers picked up on the sarcasm; for you see, unlike some other letter writers, I deliberately wrote a letter where not a word was true.
If you have done your taxes for 2011, you know that the $800 tax credit you had in 2009 and 2010, called "Making Work Pay", disappeared in the pointless debt limit fight. When politicians, like our representatives, talk about the "failed stimulus", remember that legislation reduced your tax bill for two years but is gone now.
In fairness, I need to point out that this week Rep. Huelskamp voted for you to pay 2% less in FICA taxes in 2011 (the payroll tax holiday). Sen. Moran and Roberts voted "NO" and "Not Voting".
In 2008 we had a financial meltdown and a recession. In my original letter, I gave our representatives credit for figuring out to keep such a thing from ever happening again. The truth is, they have done nothing of the kind. In fact, they have obstructed other people's attempts to fix the problems by voting against legislation, threatening to nullify laws, and blocking Presidential appointments. "Well Done" is opposite of what we should say to our representatives in Congress.
The Feb. 13th letter , I mentioned a "war on religion", wherein Obama was going to force all women to take birth control pills, whether they wanted them or not. Did anyone really believe that? In reality, women will be able to follow whatever their religious beliefs are concerning contraceptives, regardless of health insurance regulations. There is no "war on religion"; have you heard of anyone doing time in Leavenworth because they are a Methodist?
This time it is all true.

Published in The Hays Daily News



You may have noticed a couple of places where I tried to inject humor in my monologue, but I did it without accusing any particular woman of being a slut and a prostitute.